Combined pulley-block and belaying-pin



(No Model.) f

J. K. MILLER.

GOMBINBDZPULLEY BLOCK AND BELAYING PIN.

Nol 411,868. Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

`-UNITED "STATES PATENT Fries.

JAMES K. MILLER, OF EMPORIA, KAh'SAS.A

COMBINED PULLEY-BLOCK AND BELAYING-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentANo. 411,868, dated October 1, 1889. Application filed April 4,1887. Serial No. 233,690. (No model.)

.To @ZZ 20.71.0772, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES K. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Emporia, in the county 'of Lyon and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fodder and Corn-Shock Binders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices especially designed for use in compressing fodder and corn-shocks and holding them while they are being tied; and it consists in the peculiar form and construction of a pulley-block, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, and the combination of the same with a compressing-rope having a loop, whereby the operator can quickly compress a corn-shock and securely belay the rope on the block and instantly release the same when desired. This block may be made of any close-grained .hard wood, twelve inches long, two inches wide, and one and one-halt inch thick, or it may be made of metal.

Fig. l is a side view of the block, showing an ordinary grooved metal pulley journaled therein 5 Fig. 2, the top view thereof; Fig. 3, the block and the rope as belayed.

b represents the handle; c, the grooved pulley; (l, the hole through which the compress-l ing-'rope passes; e, the point of the block as seen in the figures; f, the open-ended slot in which the grooved wheel c is placed; g, the compressing-rope. h is a loop formed in that end of the rope attached in the hole d. The loop 71, is longer than the point e, to permit it to pass without obstruction.

In using this shock-binder, grasp it in the lett hand and press the point e into the shock sutliciently to hold the block there without other assistance while the rope is being carried around the shock, turning to the right. lVithdraw the block from the shock with the the pulley, holding the loose end of the rope in the right hand. Place the rope on the pulley c. Draw as tightly as desired, bringing the rope under the handle. TWith right hand draw the rope up around the handle in the notch ci in its end and then forward over the end to the lower side of the point c ou the block, and pass it up around the point c and between the side of the loop and draw it tight-ly, now with the left hand swinging the handle away from the shock. This will bring the point e and rope between the sides of the loop. The sides bind the rope to the point on both sides of the point e and se curely hold it while the shock is being tied, the whole block acting as a lever swinging on the compressing-rope at the hole (l as a fulcrum to force the point e and the rope into f the loop.

-To release the block, pull the free end of the rope in the direction of the tip of the point c, thereby bringing the rope out from between the sides of the loop and the point e, and it Will be instantly released.

The operation of this binder depends upon the peculiar form of the pulley-block and the combination of the same with a compressingrope having a permanent loop attached to the block in the hole (l, and operated substantially in the manner set forth.

Having described my invention, my claim A shoclobinder composed. of a block having its Jfront end rounded and pointed, as shown at e, the rear end extended to 'form a handle having a notch in its end, a slotin the side of the block, a pulley mounted therein, and a binding-rope having a loop h in one end permanently secured thereby to the pointed end of the block, its other end being adapted to be passed around the shock, over the pulley, and around the handle, as described, to and across its pointed end, for thepurpose set forth.

In testiinonywhereof l affix my sign atnre in presence of two witnesses. JAMES K. MILLER. lVitnesses:

W. H. SIsLER, JOHN W. FILKIN. 

